In the most recent employee survey, 18% of federal public servants reported having experienced harassment in the past two years. A working group was formed and formulated its recommendations in the form of the "Safe Workplaces" Initiative. Provisions specific to the civil service will be included in a bill on the prevention and resolution of harassment.

Only 7% of Spanish public employees practice teleworking, although 85% would consider doing so if measures were taken to regulate working time. On the basis of these findings, the CSIF, the country's largest public sector union, submitted a proposal to the government, asking it to introduce regulations on working hours, allowing for an effective "right to disconnect".

In the European Commission's recent study on Work Life Balance, Austria and Denmark shared first out of the 28 Member States. One-fifth of Europeans expressed dissatisfaction. There is high demand for the ability to adjust working hours (65% said they did not have access to it and one-third of the others said they their managers discouraged them from using it).